Whoa ... hitting the computer only removes the computer from the link
and destroys perfectly good hardware; the user's the REAL problem ...
take the computer away from him!

And you thought I was going to suggest hitting the user with a sledge
hammer ...

Phil (Nospam@nospam.net) coughed and hacked and finally donated this
cute little hairball: news:Uzvwb.218457$mZ5.1659447@attbi_s54:

> Wipe the disk!!!! Why not just hit the computer with a sledge
> hammer???
>
> "Lance Delacroix" <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:6o02svkjvl1rdrj0aefve8ms3cc57deaf0@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:18:14 -0500, "Cliff Hartle"
>> <cknjsp@msn.com> prounounced a fatwah thus:
>>
>> >A client of mine just had his OS rebuild after a bad bout with
>> >spyware
> and
>> >viruses.
>> >
>> >After following all good practices, Norton AV fully updated,
>>
>> There's a bad practice right there.
>>
>> Wipe the disk, reinstall, use Proxomitron, DNSKong, eDexter, and
>> Kerio (with Sponge's list), DON'T use Norton/Symantec **** (use
>> AVG instead,and back up with F-prot), don't use IE, don't use OE,
>> and don't let him do any (ahem) one-handed surfing w/out all his
>> anti-intrusion stuff running. Better yet, get him a subscription
>> to some skin mags.
>>
>> If he's going to keep ****ing himself up, tell him to put all of
>> his data on a separate partition so he can reinstall without
>> losing everything.
>>
>> I haven't had a problem in a coon's age. My ME and XP are so
>> clean I'm starting to feel like I'm missing something.
>>
>> Try Linux. Micro$oft will only get worse as time goes on .
>>
>> And oh, yeah, read the FAQ.
>
>